September 28, 1966 (20 pages)

ee ay pe ST PERIODICALS SECTION =: CAL ST LisRaRy. sf) Volume. 41 Number 37 Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, r ill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Qi dg pe Bag Dog, a Brn Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, — SACTO CAL 95614 NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass 5 , Soggsville, ‘ar, Lowell Hill, Bour! Hill, Scotch H Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. ” Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloom, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly uaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Notable Homes House Tour Draws Big Crowd Here By LuraArmold Morethan 400 hundred people were guided on a journey back into Nevada City’s elegant past Saturday when localresidents and out of town visitors toured some of the old and historic homes filled with beautifully mellowed antiques and knickknacks, : The tour was sponsored by the Nevada County Liberal Artsy Commission to raise funds for the purchase and restoration of the old Nevada City Theatre. Five homes and one business house were included on the tour, The Small-Anderson home at 533 Nevada Street is notable for its beatiful antiques, many of them being family herilooms brought by the sisters when they came toNevada City from Virginia, One outstanding item was a rosew Ood piano, beautifully inlaid and brass trimmed, The piano, dated 1832, was made by Dubois at Ethelard, New York, and taken from an old hen house on a plantation near Farmville, Virginia, When: found the case was in excellent condition with the exception of one roller and thick coat of brown paint. Today it stands in all its original beauty, (Cont. on Page 14) Incorporation Of Truckee Seems To . Be Moving To A Vote Incorporation of the TruckeeDonner area, a movement which has been going on for several years, but which has reached a point of the ridiculous recently (Cont, on Page 20) FALL Is HERE IT IS TIME TO GET YOUR HOMELITE CHAIN SAW Sales and Service 10 Cents a Copy Published on Wednesdays September 28, 1966 PEGGY BAIN of Nevada City examines an antique sewing cabinet in the J.B. Christie home during the house tour Saturday, Theatre Flamenco Gives A Spotty Community Concert Performance By Don Hoagland The Twin Cities Concert Association opened its new season in Grass Valley Saturday night rather weakly, but ended with a strong Finish, The fare for the evening was a performance by Theatre Flamenco,which earlier releases had assured everyone included authentic Spanish dancers and guitarists, Perhapsthey were, but for the first half of the program they seemed as uncertain about Flamenco dancing as didthe audience, Neither did much to help the other, The accoustics of the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Buil_ ding, asugual, were terrible and the sound system which the county recently rejuvinated, was not used, Into this‘atmosphere came atwo guitarists, who insisted on sitting at the back of the stage where they could barley be heard, andan actor who recited lines of Lorca poetry to the accompaniment of stomping heels, He could not be heard at all, But it was not all a loss, As the evening went on both the performers and the audience gained strength and by the middle of the second half of the program the audience was roaring its approval. The first half of the program closed with a number called "Viva Nayarra" which included the entire company, This was colorful, humerous and well done, This came at a good time because it had been preceeded by a piano solo by the accompan= ists Henrietta Vinson, She played a number which was unfamiliar but which contained some lov(Cont, on Page 20) { Granite Finally Gets Freeway Job-Work Could Start Today After some preliminary confusion and $200,000 writing error, Granite Construction Co, of Watsonville Monday night became the new contractor on the Nevada City Freeway project, This was the official word received from District I Highway The State Gets Some Applause The California Division of highways reqeived a few bouquets in Nevada City this week instead of the usual brickbats, W.L. Warren, engineer for the Division of Highways District III appeared before a special meeting of the Nevada City Council Monday morning to explain the latest developments in the free= way construction situation, Warren the Division of Highways ahd the Highway Commission all received praise from the council members, (Cont, on Page 20) en Engineer W.L. Warren and resident engineer Art Nelson who met with members of theNevada City Councilat a special meeting yesterday morning. According tothe state officials, work of a preliminary nature could start today, Nelson said yesterday that he had spent part of the moming going over the job with Granite's superintendent, Bud Woods, Warren traced the bid mixup which took place last Friday in Sacramento during the second bid opening on the job. The. original contractor, Norman I Fadel, Inc., of Marysville, was removed fromthe project by the state earlier this month for failure to show diligent progress on the job, Warren explainedto the councilthat when bids were opened Friday both Granite and Fredrickson and Watsen Construction Co, were within $25, 000 of each other on the more than $3 million bid, But when the bids were check(Cont, on Page 20) MRS. MARY LOU STEGER of Nevada City, (right) shows off the ribbon and silver platter won by the Nevada County booth at the Los Angles Nevada County won first palce award for reCounty Fair at Pomona. sources of the counties. Ken Casper of the Wolf area. Looking over the awards are Mr. and Mrs, See The Red Hot E.0.M. Values On Page 10 And 1! “~ v

ee ay pe ST PERIODICALS SECTION =: CAL ST LisRaRy. sf) Volume. 41 Number 37 Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale, r ill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Qi dg pe Bag Dog, a Brn Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Mooney Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, — SACTO CAL 95614 NEVADA COUNTY NUGGET Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass 5 , Soggsville, ‘ar, Lowell Hill, Bour! Hill, Scotch H Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens. ” Omega, French Corral, Rough and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloom, Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly uaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat, Bridgeport, Birchville, Moore’s Flat, Orleans Flat, Notable Homes House Tour Draws Big Crowd Here By LuraArmold Morethan 400 hundred people were guided on a journey back into Nevada City’s elegant past Saturday when localresidents and out of town visitors toured some of the old and historic homes filled with beautifully mellowed antiques and knickknacks, : The tour was sponsored by the Nevada County Liberal Artsy Commission to raise funds for the purchase and restoration of the old Nevada City Theatre. Five homes and one business house were included on the tour, The Small-Anderson home at 533 Nevada Street is notable for its beatiful antiques, many of them being family herilooms brought by the sisters when they came toNevada City from Virginia, One outstanding item was a rosew Ood piano, beautifully inlaid and brass trimmed, The piano, dated 1832, was made by Dubois at Ethelard, New York, and taken from an old hen house on a plantation near Farmville, Virginia, When: found the case was in excellent condition with the exception of one roller and thick coat of brown paint. Today it stands in all its original beauty, (Cont. on Page 14) Incorporation Of Truckee Seems To . Be Moving To A Vote Incorporation of the TruckeeDonner area, a movement which has been going on for several years, but which has reached a point of the ridiculous recently (Cont, on Page 20) FALL Is HERE IT IS TIME TO GET YOUR HOMELITE CHAIN SAW Sales and Service 10 Cents a Copy Published on Wednesdays September 28, 1966 PEGGY BAIN of Nevada City examines an antique sewing cabinet in the J.B. Christie home during the house tour Saturday, Theatre Flamenco Gives A Spotty Community Concert Performance By Don Hoagland The Twin Cities Concert Association opened its new season in Grass Valley Saturday night rather weakly, but ended with a strong Finish, The fare for the evening was a performance by Theatre Flamenco,which earlier releases had assured everyone included authentic Spanish dancers and guitarists, Perhapsthey were, but for the first half of the program they seemed as uncertain about Flamenco dancing as didthe audience, Neither did much to help the other,

The accoustics of the Grass Valley Veterans Memorial Buil_ ding, asugual, were terrible and the sound system which the county recently rejuvinated, was not used, Into this‘atmosphere came atwo guitarists, who insisted on sitting at the back of the stage where they could barley be heard, andan actor who recited lines of Lorca poetry to the accompaniment of stomping heels, He could not be heard at all, But it was not all a loss, As the evening went on both the performers and the audience gained strength and by the middle of the second half of the program the audience was roaring its approval. The first half of the program closed with a number called "Viva Nayarra" which included the entire company, This was colorful, humerous and well done, This came at a good time because it had been preceeded by a piano solo by the accompan= ists Henrietta Vinson, She played a number which was unfamiliar but which contained some lov(Cont, on Page 20) { Granite Finally Gets Freeway Job-Work Could Start Today After some preliminary confusion and $200,000 writing error, Granite Construction Co, of Watsonville Monday night became the new contractor on the Nevada City Freeway project, This was the official word received from District I Highway The State Gets Some Applause The California Division of highways reqeived a few bouquets in Nevada City this week instead of the usual brickbats, W.L. Warren, engineer for the Division of Highways District III appeared before a special meeting of the Nevada City Council Monday morning to explain the latest developments in the free= way construction situation, Warren the Division of Highways ahd the Highway Commission all received praise from the council members, (Cont, on Page 20) en Engineer W.L. Warren and resident engineer Art Nelson who met with members of theNevada City Councilat a special meeting yesterday morning. According tothe state officials, work of a preliminary nature could start today, Nelson said yesterday that he had spent part of the moming going over the job with Granite's superintendent, Bud Woods, Warren traced the bid mixup which took place last Friday in Sacramento during the second bid opening on the job. The. original contractor, Norman I Fadel, Inc., of Marysville, was removed fromthe project by the state earlier this month for failure to show diligent progress on the job, Warren explainedto the councilthat when bids were opened Friday both Granite and Fredrickson and Watsen Construction Co, were within $25, 000 of each other on the more than $3 million bid, But when the bids were check(Cont, on Page 20) MRS. MARY LOU STEGER of Nevada City, (right) shows off the ribbon and silver platter won by the Nevada County booth at the Los Angles Nevada County won first palce award for reCounty Fair at Pomona. sources of the counties. Ken Casper of the Wolf area. Looking over the awards are Mr. and Mrs, See The Red Hot E.0.M. Values On Page 10 And 1! “~ v